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Strange Stains and Mysterious Smells: Based on Quentin Cottington's Journal of Faery Research (Hardcover)

by Terry Jones (Author), Brian Froud (Illustrator)

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The former member of Monty Python's Flying Circus presents a journal of fairy research by Quentin Cottingham that attempts to analyze the protoplasmic nature of fairy stains. 60,000 first printing.

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Hardcover: 96 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Edition/First Printing edition (November 25, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0684832062
ISBN-13: 978-0684832067
Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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2 books cite this book:

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection (No.10) by Terri Windling & Ellen Datlow in Front Matter
The Faeries' Oracle by Brian Froud in Front Matter

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rather inventive, July 3, 2001

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Hilarious and all-together head-scratching, as you find yourself realizing they're talking about something you've been wondering about all along. You may have thought you were the only one undergoing the cruel and unusual punishment of these noxious fumes and stains, but here you find you are not alone... If you're going to read this aloud as a bed-time book or as a book of quotations, you are required by law to read it aloud with an English accent. If you cannot speak with an English accent or if it is terrible beyond measure, please read silently. Don't even mouth the words as you read. If by chance, you meet someone who is talking about smells and stains in a bad English accent, smack him. If he's bigger than you, you may let him off with a warning...or politely kick him and run, because big guys take longer to build up the inertia to accelerate than little guys. If he doesn't catch you and is breathing heavily, then run up to him and smack him. That should get the point across.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Funny Funny Funny, September 1, 1998

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I like this book, it's funny, the text, the illustrations! I must say, it is not one of Frouds' & Jones' best work, but still it is funny. I especially like the glow-in-the-dark stains that appears on some pages in the book...(what i really miss in the book though is smells, it would be so cool with scrape and smell pictures!!) I think that anyone coming up with such an idea of a book deserves good credit, and i wish that i would've had this book as a child!! What fun it would have been! Having worked at a kindergarden and read a million and one stories i know that kids aprechiate this type of humour, but i think that there should be a "childrens edition" to this book due to some of the language in the book...but all in all it is a good and funny book, and i especially like the "ode to an armpit" (can't remember the full title) poem...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not just funny..., December 11, 2000

By	E. D. Garcia "Biggie-E" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

...but also a bit disarming! Some of the stains and "odor" illustrations in the book look... well, "fresh". I'm not altogether sure that I want to know how the book publisher achieved this effect, but it definately adds bonus points in my mind.

So, the authors of the book claim to have found a gadget that allows them to communicate with smells and stains. Odd, to think that such things are sentient, but nonetheless, their commentary is, of course, hilarious.

Not that I mean to give anything away, but my personal favorite is "The Great Stain of the Apocalypse" and the theory surrounding it. You'll have to get the book (which I recommend) to find out more!

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Published on November 11, 2004 by Ms Scribe

5.0 out of 5 stars Scotch-guard your wardrobe and prepare to be amused....
...because Strange Stains and Mysterious Smells is, aside from nicely done art (by Brian Froud) and brilliant satire (by Terry Jones), a fairly good glimpse into the sort of... Read more

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Published on June 15, 2000 by John McNeill

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Hysterical!!!!!!!
It's sort of the continuation to Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book.It's really funny! Terry Jones, one of the members of Monty Pythons Flying Circus wrote this book so right... Read more

Published on April 24, 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars very amusing
I just got this book but I haven't quite finished it yet, but as of right now I am very pleased with it's humorous content. Read more

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2.0 out of 5 stars NASTY HUMOR
I PICKED UP THIS BOOK SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF A SCANT FEW OF BRIAN FROUDS BOOKS STILL IN PRINT. I CAN'T HELP REGRETTING THAT A LITTLE. Read more

Published on July 14, 1998

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